Dear Friends,

I am writing to say thank you for helping us in our fundraising efforts by helping us collect as many stamps as possible. Any amount large or small is much appreciated. I can assure you that every stamp you send will help raise money for the Royal National Institute of Blind People. Stamps  can be sent directly to my buyer at RNIB, PO Box 6198, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9XT to save my loft space and we raise 25% more money this way. Please do not send correspondence to this address.

We have in the financial year of 2013-2014 managed to raise an amazing £24,605! We had a couple of fantastic results at stamp auctions, which helped us reach this amount, but we are again over the next year aiming to reach another £20,000. We can only do this with your help. We have raised £3,399 so far.

Please could you ask your family and other contacts to save their stamps for us and if possible can they be cut or torn with approximately ½ – 1cm of envelope surrounding the stamp to prevent damage. If stamps have the perforations cut off they are totally worthless. Stamps should be separated into three categories, British, pre-decimal and foreign. Anything outside mainland Britain is classed as overseas. The stamps do not have to be sorted into individual countries or prices etc. PLEASE DO NOT remove the stamp off the envelope as they are damaged easily if they are. We can also use the gold labels and if they can be sent separately from normal stamps that is great!

We are desperate for more contacts to send us their stamps in Great Britain and overseas so please spread the word of our appeal to anyone and everyone. Why not put a status on your Facebook page if you have one? We can’t provide over sixty services to blind and partially sighted children and adults without your support. Please contact me if you wish to have any questions or need stamp appeal posters or small leaflets for Christmas cards Etc about our appeal.

Kind regards

Mrs Terri Bush

Volunteer Stamp Appeal Co-ordinator

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